By Joe Strange for MailOnline
Published: 13:02 BST, 16 June 2019 | Updated: 13:02 BST, 16 June 2019
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The UK´s two most talented five-a-side teams will get the chance to show off their skills to the rest of the world in Brazil next month – with PSG superstar Neymar assessing them from the sidelines.
Men´s side Kings 5s and women´s outfit Cov Uni both emerged triumphant in the UK finals of Red Bull Neymar Jr´s Five, a global competition dreamt up by the former Barcelona man himself.
More than 40 countries across six continents held qualifiers in this year´s tournament as they gear up for the fourth World Finals in Neymar´s childhood hometown of Praia Grande.
K5s, celebrate their win at Red Bull Neymar Jr's Five National Final in Liverpool
The two teams will turn out in Brazil as representatives of the UK in the five-a-side tournament
The UK will be well represented in Brazil after Kings 5s proved their powers of recovery by winning 5-0 in the final at Bramley Moore Dock in Liverpool on Saturday, 12 months after they suffered a heartbreaking defeat at the same stage.
The team, who began the competition at the regional finals in Norwich and overcame 11 other sides on Merseyside, will now get the chance to play in front of Neymar – and they could even face his very own dream